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outer metatarsal tubercle. The hiud limb being carried forward along the body 

 the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches the posterior border of the eye. Skin smooth 

 above, tubercular on posterior part of belly and lower surfaces of thighs. 



Color rich brown above, striped with darker, a narrow white vertebral line ; all 

 lower surfaces whitish. Male with a large subgular vocal sac. 



Types. — No. 2261, Mus. Comp. Zobl., two examples, from Equador. 



For the sake of comparison with the above species I append a description of P. 

 femoralis Barbour from Gorgona Island off the coast of Colombia. 



Snout broad, depressed, with angular canthus rostralis; loreal region nearly 

 vertical ; nostril nearer tip of snout than eye ; interorbital space somewhat broader 

 than upper eyelid ; tympanum indistinct but not quite concealed. First finger 

 longer than second; rudiment of web between tHrd and fourth toes; subarticu- 

 lar tubercles moderate, metatarsal tubercles small. The hind limb being carried 

 forward along the body, the tibio-tarsal articulation reaches well beyond the eye. 

 Skin smooth above and below. 



Color gray above with faint brown marblings, below pale gray with rich choco- 

 late markings, which are most abundant on the chin region. 



Cacopoides, gen. nov. 



An engystomatid related to Cacopus. The precoracoids are wanting, the cor- 

 acoids meet each other on the median line, without an intercalated cartilage ; the 

 large metasternal cartilage, instead of being connected to the coracoids by an 

 isthmus, much more narrow than the metasternum itself, is closely adpressed to 

 the coracoidal symphysis. This may be made more clear by the appended draw- 

 ings. Choanae small, with valve-like flaps ; dermal ridges behind the choanae 

 converging posteriorly and each witli an enlarged papilla near the median line ; 

 another long ridge in front of the oesophagus which is sharply curved anteriorly 

 near the median line. Tympanum hidden. Fingers free, toes webbed at base, 

 tips not dilated. Sacral diapophyses rather strongly dilated. 



Cacopoides borealis, sp. nov. 



Habit very stout. Head small ; mouth small ; snout rounded ; no canthus 

 rostralis ; snout about as long as orbital diameter ; interorbital space more than 

 twice the diameter of the upper eyelid. Fingers moderate, first shorter than second ; 

 toes moderate, webbed at base ; no subarticular tubercles ; two metatarsal tuber- 

 cles, the inner strong and shovel like, the outer weak. Hind limb short. Skin 

 smooth, the dorsal surface with scattered minute pits. Color dark brown-olive 

 above ; beneath dusky, marbled with brown. A subgular vocal sac is present. 



Type. — No. 2436, Mus. Comp. Zobl., one example, from Antung, Manchuria. 



Dr. Stejneger has seen this specimen and doubts the correctness of the locality ; 

 he has suggested Autung in Kiang hsi. The specimen was, however, taken by a 

 Japanese bird collector of Mr. Owston and from what Mr. Owston states and from 

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